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WAS \\ bond day nor snucmt?sAvi kulak ENTERPRISE OVtftTWCTOP FOR VICTORY ?Hfc UNITED STATES MfM BONDS-STAMPS VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 41 Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, May 22, 1942. ESTABLISHED 1899 Start Daring Trip To Florida, Youths Are Detained Here Boys Well Prepared for Wild Escapade with Stolen Articles Four boys, their ages ranging from | 11 to 14 years, exemplified the dar-| ing youth of today after a moving - picture fashion this week when they sneaked out of Norfolk and immed iately struck a crime trail with Flor ida as their destination. Riding on two of their own bicycles, the four lads gathered up a stolen pistol in . a news carrier's sack and started out last Monday afternoon, the trip hav ing been carefully planned a short time before The four boys, Lee Rogers, 14, Wil liam Paul Rule, 14. Ralph Rule, 11, and Marvin Burum, 12. soon picked up an extra wheel and made it to Edenton for the night. With the big pistol by their sides, the four youngs ters spent the night in the body of a junked truck. Starting early next morning, the boys were not heard from until they reached George Leg gett's filling station between here and Windsor No one was at the sta tion and the boys after forcing an entrance started out to tear down the nation's rationing system. A big army pistol was tucked into the bag first. A carton of Camel cigarettes, can ned food and ever so many packages of chewing gum were dumped into the bag. Each one fitted out a flash light and took up the southward trail. It was hard to associated the little tots with the bold day-light robbery at first .but time and other factors fitted so well that the boys were halted by Patrolman Whit Saunders and Sheriff C. B Roebuck just south of here that afternoon for question ing. A glance into the bag convinced the officers they were on the right trail. TTie boys were returned here and placed in jail. They were stub born at first, defying the fatherly questioning of Sheriff Roebuck and playing havoc with the jail water works and other items. They had the way of seasoned criminals, but in their eyes could be seen the inno cence of tender youth possibly tem porarily warped by too many gun toting characters in the frequently seen movies. Rogers, self-appointed leader of the group, finally caved in and told the story, describing most of the highspots on the trip, and maintain ing all the while they were not afraid Asked why they ran away from home, none of the boys could give any good reason for the daring dash Rogers has a stepfather, but it seems that the lad had broken a garden implement and he and his mother had some trouble, not ser (Continued on page six) ? Judge Robt. Coburn Calls Four Cases In The County's Court Much Time Spent in Trying (jtw Growing Out of Au tomobile Accident The Martin County Recorder's Court had very little business on its calendar last Monday, but it was a long time handling that business. Judge J. C. Smith, representing the defense, and Prosecuting Attorney Paul D. Roberson battled the great er part of two hours trying one case, the court finally adjudging the de fendant guilty. Four cases were call ed during the Ionger-than-usual ses sion The number of spectators was hardly up to its usual size, and there was very little interest shown in the proceedings by those who were pres ent. Proceedings: The several-weeks-old case charg ing Arthur Morgan with violating the liquor laws was finally cleared from the docket. Judge Robt. L. Coburn sentenced Morgan to the roads for a term of three months, but suspend ed the road term on condition that defendant pay a fine of $50 and the case costs. The case had been con tinued previously under prayer for judgment. Pleading not guilty in the case charging him with reckless driving Marvin Smith was adjudged guilty He was directed to pay the case costs and $50 to M. K. Whitehurst for dam age done to the prosecuting witness' car. He appealed and bond was re quired in the sum of $100. The trial of the case was in progress for near ly two hours. Entering no plea in the case charg ing him with being drunk and disor derly and attempted assault, Roy Andrews was adjudged guilty of a simple assault. He was sentenced to the roads for ninety days, the court suspending the sentence upon pay ment of the case costs and pledging good behavior for two years. Ben Biggs, adjudged guilty in the case charging him with carrying a concealed weapon, was sentenced to the roads for sixty days. The court suspended the road term upon the payment of a $50 fine and the case costs. The defendant, still maintain ing his innocence, appealed to the higher courts and bond in the sum of $100 was required. First Quarter Postal Receipts Set Record FLYING HIGH Assigned to a special mission, Kalrigh Harrington, young son ot Rrv. and Mrs. W li. Harring ton. of this county, has been fly - ing high with high-ranking of ficials and associating with ce lebrities to the south. Raleigh H arrington Enjoys Big Company On Special Mission ?.?? Young County Flier Invited In Dine willi Duke unci " PtlfhtM of \\ iiulsor I ' ? It is ail in a day's schedule and the lads think little or nothing about it. but when a Martin County boy starts keeping company with the big wigs and is even invited to dine w ith the Duke and Duchess of Wind sor the folks back home kinder sit up and take notice and rate the hap pening as news?real news Graduated in an Army Air Corps school at Albany, Ga , a short time before Christmas, Raleigh Harring ton, young son of Parson and Mrs. W B Harrington, of Farm Life, went to Manchester, New Hampshire, for advanced training It was while he was there that he received a call to report to Washington. A few days later he was flying south. His as signment was held secret, but he passed over international boundar ies. A few days later he was hand I ing the mission in company with high-ranking officials, one report stating they were from the diploma tic field and another stating that the big boys were from among the Army staff Details of the trip cannot be re vealed, but in Nassau, the young man met the Duke and Duchess of Wind sor and was invited to dinner. The schedule called for his departure be fore mealtime, and he was forced to graciously decline the invitation. In South America, the young man as sociated and dined with the ambas sadors in several capitals, each day bringing fortli its measure of sur prises and treats. There were those exciting moments, but the details cannot be told now. The young man's mail address is Washington City, but he is thous ands of miles away It is understood his special mission is over, and that he is now stationed some where to the south. Young Harrington, having just completed his courses, was home when the Japs struck at Pearl Har bor He was instructed to report im mediately Since that time he has visited in the county once, but for only a few" days. Local Firm Aids In Collection of Scrap ??? The Nation's war production is largely dependent on the materials which are available for use in plants and factories The United States had more than enough metal for ordi nary production, but with the step up in industry more metal and rub ber became a necessity. Appeals have been made through out the nation for every American to collect scrap materials. Your scrap metal is needed for Victory. There is a critical shortage of scrap metal needed for the war effort, and it is of the utmost importance that ev ery pound of scrap material, metals and rubber start moving toward Am erican foundries and steel mills. This message is directed to every one, especially the farmers. You are asked to search your farm and col lect any and alt scrap materjpls and get them to a reliable dealer. To help you get your scrap mov ing, Charles H. Jenkins and Com pany, through an advertisement in this issue of The Enterprise, has con sented to assist you in every way possible. When you have gathered the scrap together, drop this firm a card and they will see that a truck is routed by your farm to pick up the scrap you have collected. Gain Of More Than A Thousand Dollars Reported In Period Stump Sale* Almottl Equal TIiom' fur loi*l Three Month* of 1941 $ After checking and rechecking the figures. Postmaster Leslie T. Fow den announced this week that post al receipts at the local office reach ed a new high figure for the first quarter this year and fell short of the 1941 fourth quarter sales by only a few hundred dollars. Receipts for January. February and March this year were $6,030.73 as compared with $4,939.58 reported for the cor responding months in 1941. Post master Fowden is somewhat at a loss to explain the supporting rea sons for the increase of $1,091.15 in the first quarter receipts this year over those of a year ago. "Business in this section is not as bad as some of us would picture it," the post master declared. "It takes a lot of one-, two- and three-cent stamps to add up to more than $6,000, and when a small force in a postoffice sells that many stamps and handles all the other du ties, you can be assured that a great deal of work has been done," Mr. Fowden commented. While stamp sales reflect a siz able increase, money order business handled by the local office is not quite as large as it was a year ago. After falling off nearly $3,000 in January, the money order business started gaining in February and es tablished a new high^ record for the month of March with sales for that period totaling $9.942 27. While the money order business for March was higher than usual for that par ticular month it was considerably below the $33,298 34 reported for the month of September, 1941. Dur ing the first three months of this year, money order business amount ed fo $23,383.01 as compared with $23,706.95 in the first three months of last year. While postal receipts were reach ing a new high figure and the mon ey order business was holding its own for the first quarter of this year, the sale of war savings stamps and bonds was just barely dragging along It is true the figures below do not include sales handled by bak ing institutions and other agencies, but it is fairl (Continued on page six) 6 Librarian Talks To Local KiwanisClub Miss Elizabeth House, librarian for the regional library, embracing Mar tin. Beaufort and Hyde counties, made an interesting and informative talk before the local Kiwanis Club last night. "The library service is county-wide in each of the three counties and most every remote section is served by the Bookmobile," Miss House said Martin County will own by June 1st. 1000 books and with funds coming from the state an additional 300 or 400 volumes will soon be add ed to this collection. "We make 176 stops in the three counties and since the bookmobile began operating October Ht, ifl Tight"trips have been made through out the region," the librarian stated. S UNCLE SAM BATTLING TO UPHOLD America's Freedom THE 23RD WEEK OF THE WAR The White House reported the Na ion's vast cargo ship construction >rogruin is on schedule and "the Am ?rican people can be assured that the ;hipyards will do the job assigned 0 them." The statement said ship yards delivered 120 new vessels in he first 130 days of this year, 20 per ?ent more than were built in all of 941. and the production peak has lot yet been reached. American shipyards are building nerehant vessels faster than ever >efore in the history of the world, he White House said. Cargo ships ire being built in less than one-half he time originally allotted. "The >rogress made thus far is easing our hipping problem, but there will be 1 shortage of ships until sinkings hroughout the world are brought mder better control and the ship >uilding program gets into full pro luction," the statement said. Army-Navy War Review A joint Army Navy communique eviewed the progress of the war to late. The communique said that dur ng a period of preparation for of ensive action, a "number of suc essful thrusts" at the Japunese had corked a "lasting effect upon the trategic situation." Among such trokes it listed the naval raids on he Gilbert and Marshall Islands, Vake Island, Marcus Islan'd and the tombing of Japan itself. It included ilso the destruction of Japanese ships n the battles of the Coral Sea and Jacassar Straits, the accomplish nents of American submarines in he far Pacific and the numerous aids by American planes based on Australia. The joint communique also report d that during the first three weeks if the war, about 600,000 American joops moved to battle stations, many ?f them overseas. Unified command s now in effect in every theater of var The defense of the Philippines, he communique said, "demonstiat ?d the comparative weakness of the lapanese as an individual fighter," i factor which "alone forebades dis ister for the enemy Japanese in the uture when the battle is met on erms approaching equality ' Cost of Living The Office of Price Administration aid the general ceiling on retail >riCes, now in effect, is expected to ut the cost of living by 1 1-2 per ent. The !,ubnr Department report - vage earners and low salaried vorkers had to spend $1.17 to buy he same things for which they spent 1 before August, 1939. Price Administrator Henderson (Continued on page six) m\ hp ami hp Daily war expenditure* are rising in a big way day by day. In January, 1941), thix country wan .spending between three and four million dollar* a day. Two year* later or on last January I, about 85 million dollars a month were being spent for the war ef fort. The expenditures, spurred by Pearl Harbor, have jumped since the first of this year to about 140 million dollars a day. The boys who said a budget unbalanced in the name of suf fering humanity would wreck the country apparently have lost count. Assessed Property Values In Martin County Marked gains and losses have been recorded in assessed property values in this county during the past years, but the gain in personal property assessments is believed to have ap proached and possibly set a new high record for 1942, according to preliminary figures re cently released by the county tax supervisor. The gain in personal holdings for 1942 almost equals the entire gain reported for both real and personal property values in 1941, a revalua tion year. The figures below show a break down of personal property assessments by race and districts. Only one small decrease is to be noted in the county, some of the districts re porting increases well over 100 per cent. The entire gain in personal values is tentatively fixed at $805,505 or 26 per cent greater than the total personal property assessments a year ago. The values jumped from $3,089,158 in 1941 to $3,894,463 this year. A comparison of oth er values will appear in a subsequent issue. The following figures show the 1941 and 1942 personal property listings, gain or loss and percentage for both races and by districts: White Colored 1941 1942 Gain Pet. 1941 1942 Gain Pet. Jamesville $ 860,136 $ 973,450 $113,314 13.2 $ 15,532 $ 15,235 $ 297* 1.9* Williams 48,162 50,324 2,162 4.5 1,716 4,019 2,303 134.2 Griffins 142,079 194,133 52,054 36.6 3,095 6,843 3,748 121.1 Bear Grass 126.945 170.826 43.881 34.5 7.312 14,158 6.846 93.6 Williamston 689,611 1,012,517 322.906 468 23,630 36,788 13,158 55.7 Cross Roads 91,216 152,187 60,971 668 4,232 11,119 6,887 162.7 Robersonville 512,554 576,704 64,150 12.5 41,152 61,175 20,023 48.6 Poplar Point 73,845 83,589 9,744 13.2 2,776 6,242 3,466 125.0 Hamilton 178,323 208,582 30,259 168 22,658 32,567 9,909 43.7 Goose Nest 212,896 235,743 22,847 10.7 31,288 48,262 16,974 54.2 $2,935,767 $3,658,055 $722,288 246 $153,391 $236,408 $83,017 54.0 ??Indicates decrease. More County Men Are To Answer Army Call Draft Board Giving Induction Notice To FairV Large Group Two NoluiiteerH lllock Draft (.all in the Third |{cgi?trutioii ? I More Martin County young men | are being called into the armed serv - ice, the draft board announcing to day that a fairly large group of white men are now in line fo.* immediate induction, that is within the next week or two. During the meantime induction orders have already been delivered to a goodly number of col ored registrants directing them to report on a designated day between now and the last of this month. Following instructions coming from the Selective Service a short time ago, the draft board in this county was all ready to reach into the third registration for men, but two youngsters, Jesse Vernon Ed mondson and Charlie Leo Stanley volunteered their services and made u call from the third registration group unnecessary. While subject to change at the last minute, the following list of young men are in line for the call to mili tary duty with the armed forces Jesse Vernon Edmondson, KFD 2. Robersonville. Charlie Lee Stanley, Dardens and Dobson, N. C. Ellie Hugh IV Moore, Williamston. George Washington Taylor, Ever | etts. George Hyman Harrison, Jr., Wil liamston. Lonnie Edmondson, Oak City and Das Vegas, Nevada. Young Edmond son has traveled quite a bit since he registered, the draft board record-1 ing thirteen changes of address. He have traveled quite a bit as a rail- , ioad man out west. Henry Luther Harris, RFD 2, Wil liamston. I Mayo Wynne, RFD 1, Roberson ville. Woodrow Wilson Boaird, William ston. Benjamin Barber, Williamston. George Washington Farmer, RFD I, Robersonville _ Joe fioberson, RFD 1, Williamston. Johnnie Scott, RFD 1, Oak City. James Albert Roebuck, Roberson ville Gray Elmer Harden, Dardens. William Howard Cherry, RFD I, Williamston Richard Hannibal Godwin, Wil (Continued on page six) First Aid Classes Cet Underway in County Two new Red Cross first aid classes were opened in the county recently, unofficial reports stating that fairly large numbers reported for the special instruction in Hassell a few evenings ago and in Hamilton last night. Professor Sam Edwards is con ducting the class tn Hassellaiid John" Eagles opened the class in Hamilton last night. Two classes were recently com pleted in the Martin County Chapter of the Red Cross a few nights ago. Any community interested in ar ranging a first aid class is directed to contact Dr. E T. Walker, William ston, or County Superintendent of Schools and Red Cross .Chapter Chairman J. C. Manning. DISQUALIFIED Jcs.se Alton Harris, yuunx Bear Grass white man and the first Martin County draft regis trant whose ease was directed to the district medical advisory board, has been disqualified for military service, the draft board in this county was notified to day. The appeal to the district med ical board was recommended by the local medical examining boanC. It could not be learned definitely but it is possible that Harris while disqualified for military service may be called into some other service in sup port of the war effort. No pro vision has been made for such action at this time, however. County Represented At Defense Meet In Cdenton Wednesday ?#? Institute of (ioveriinu'til 11 <-u< I I *o in Is Oul I'oleiiliul Dungers The need for united action in pros ecuting tlu- war and building our de fenses on the home front was vivid ly stressed by Albert Coates, Insti tute of Government director, at a civilian defense meeting in Edenton last Wednesday The meaning of war and its resulting dangers to this nation although far removed from the center of the conflict, were im pressively stressed, locat people said upon their return Speaking as one of several stress ing a greater activity on the civilian defense front, Coates pointed out the dangers of possible an raids and in vasion He referred to the great in vasions effected from the time Al exander the Great moved thousands of miles from his native hearth until the present There was Napoleon and there were others, the speaker reminded the group "We talk about bombing and invading Germany and Japan. Well, it can work both ways," Coates said. According to the speak er, it is only reasonable to expect sporadic bombings in the south to attract our protector ships and weak en the hortn The Institute head declared that Germany's an program is nearer to us than many of us think, and he pointed out how Hitler had lessened the air miles between his bases and his targets. Again and again he stressed the need for a greater and more unselfish defense move on the part of the civilian population "The Axis powers are making gas 111 large quantities It they are not planning to use it, why are they making it?" he asked. In England, the church bells have been silenced and will ring out only to warn of a gas at tack Continuing he said, "This is total war, ami by total war 1 understand it to mean that the front lines are the ^ack lines and the back lines are the front lines. Civilians are bombed now because they are a part of the war effort Fourteen men are needed to keep one man at the front, and by eliminating those back home, a blow is directed against the fighting man indirectly. Civiban protection, aside whal ing forces can give, is, after all, up to tin* civilians. Stricken areas will, to a large extent, h?jve to solve then own problems; and when and if air raids come we will all be in the army (Continued on page six) ? Mosquito Control Drive In County By J. W. WILLIAMS Health Officer An intensive campaign against the lowly mosquito is being carried out here in Martin County by the Health Department. This campaign is doubly important this year because of the shortage of quinine for malaria suf ferers. Swamps, creeks and other breed ing places of the mosquito have been oiled and now the department is asking the help of all property owners in the community in ridding the county of this menace Every property owner, tenant or householder should make a complete survey of his premises to see that there is no standing water, rubbish or tin cans for these are the breed ing places of the mosquito. You owe it to your neighbor as wrll as to yourself to do everything in your power to control the breeding of these pests. Check the drains on your house. If drains are clogged up with leaves, your house may become infested with mosquitoes. If there are any places where water stands on your premises and this water cannot be drained, call the Health Department and it will send someone to oil these water holes. Over-Optimism Said To Be Dangerous To General ^ar Effort Ku?*ia Driving; Hard \iiain-t Geriuunit; Jap-. Drive Hard V^aiiiAl llie (IhinrM* ? Despite expressed optimism over the war, high-ranking government officials again reiterate their belief that the struggle now underway in a greater part of the world will be a long one and a costly one in human life and property. They warn against wishful thinking, and describe the recent wave of optimism as artifi cial and for the most part unfound ed. "It is dangerous to take one com munique or several reports and make a final victory out of them," i trained observer remarked a few lays ago. The Allies are doing a masterly job ill right, hut the rial fighting is cen tred. more or less, along the Rus sian front. It will have to be carried 0 other fronts and on more than one continent before victory caji be von, the observers say. They ex plain that in the last war FranCe, Italy and Japan were included in he Allied group. Russia, while lg lored by the historians, engaged itvorp men oh the Eastern Front than he Kaiser had on the Western Front. Today, Russia is leading the way in the fight against Hitlerism, 3ut Japan and Italy are active foes, uui France is not helping the Allied ?ause little or any at all. When the Russians chase the Ger mans out of Russia, the Allies will 3e about where they were in the last war minus the help of Italy and France and with Japan to contend with as a serious menace. There is very reason to continue bur war ef fort to the very end of human.cn iurance. If victory comes, during the meantime, well and good, hut if the ight continues we'll need, every >uiuv of convertible energy ~possi- " til.-. President Roosevelt today caution ?d against artificial ^optimism and warned that tin- war rcould, be ex jected to last a long time, but vie tory would be ours in the end. On the fighting front, Moscow re ported new and important gains in the Kharkov sector this morning. German losses were described as 1 iiormous, the report adding that the Nazis were apparently running short i?f tanks in their reserves. . Unofficial hut reliable reports state that Hitler is planning a purge of many high-ranking German offi cials. I at tie news came out of live Pa cific area today other than an an nouncement telling of the sinking of three Jap ??merchant, ships by- Amer (Continued on page stxj ? . Number of Motorists Ask Supplementary (fits Rationing (lards $ Ihhiic Fir*l (icrlifiruti'M For INircliUiM' of Sn^ar For Frmrr\ in^ ? Unable to handle all their duties in a full work-day here last Mon day. members of tne Martin County Rationing Board donated part of an other day to catch up with their ev er increasing work last Wednesday afternoon when they approved a number of supplementary gas ra tioning cards and issued the first certificates for the purchase of su gar for preserving food. ?Receiving original rationing cards~~" allowing from 21 to 57 gallons of gas for the operation of their motor ve hicles up until June 30, a few motor ists went before the hoard for sup plementary cards. According to the records, some of the motorists plan to burn 456 gallons of gasoline dur ing the rationing period. Good for an average of about 18 miles per gal lon, the gasoline will carry the ap plicant in the particular case a lit tle over 8,200 miles. Supplementary cards were issued to the following in the designated amounts: Joe Everett, Parmele, three B-3 and one B 2 Jack Everett, Parmele, two B-3 and one B 1 Henry D. Harrison, Williamston, three B-3. John Deere Plow Company, Wil liamston, tHree B-3. Mrs. W. K Parker, Williamston, one B-3. J. J. Bennett, Everetts, two B-3. B B Biggs, Everetts, two B-3 and one B-l. Williamston Package Manufactur ing Co., three B-3 and one B-l. R. A Critcher, Williamston, one B-3 and one B-l. T. F. Chauncey, Washington, N. C.t three B-3 Herbert .Taylor,. Williamston, five B-3 R B Nelson, Robersonville, one B-3 and one B-l. Francis L Edens, Washington, N. C., six B-3 James E. Bullock, Williamston, seven B-3. T. B. Slade, Hamilton, one B-l. Commercial Credit Corporation six B-3 and one B-l. Standard Fertiliser Company, (Continued on page six)
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